Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga (January 21, 1769 – June 26, 1811), born Ignacio Allende y Unzaga, was a captain of the Spanish Army in
Mexico who came to sympathize with the
Mexican independence movement. He attended the secret meetings organized by
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, where the possibility of an independent
New Spain was discussed. He fought along with
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the first stage of the struggle, eventually succeeding him in leadership of the rebellion. Allende was captured by Spanish colonial authorities while he was in
Chihuahua and executed for
treason.